A FERVENT CALL TO THE ESAN SPIRIT OF YORE TO ARISE AND SHINE
By Daniel A. Noah Osa-Ogbegie, Esq., PNM FCAI As a critical stakeholder in the Edo project, I always feel a compelling need to lend my voice to the direction the Edo Nation should go per time. I am of the Oloke family of Benin. Though from the centre of Benin City, but due to progressive […]
ADDRESSING OSHIOMHOLE’S IMPLACABLE QUEST TO BE EDO’S TINUBU (2) : SAVING EDO FROM ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE
By Daniel A. Noah Osa-Ogbegie About two weeks ago, I started this series on Adams Oshiomhole to draw attention to his unhealthy obsession to completely Lord it over Edo state, using underhand tactics of trying to heavily destroy the character and personality of otherwise brilliant and respectable Edo sons in the process. I went through […]
ADDRESSING OSHIOMHOLE’S IMPLACABLE QUEST TO BE EDO’S TINUBU
By Daniel A. Noah Osa-Ogbegie. As I watch with amusements the desperate bid by Adams Oshiomhole to pull a wool over the eyes of Edo people in his unholy bid to ensure he demarkets Asue Ighodalo so Edo people would reject the only candidate with a robust agenda for Edo state and vote the taciturn […]
DEFEATING THE APC YEARS OF THE LOCUSTS
By Daniel A. Noah OSA-OGBEGIE “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm — my great army that I sent among you.” Joel 2:25- The All Progressives Congress was formed sometime in 2013 by a combination of bitter […]
BEHOLD, A BLEEDING HEART FOR HAPLESS EDO APC MEMBERS PT. 1
By Daniel A. Noah OSA-OGBEGIE I started writing an essay under a similar heading to this last Sunday after seeing footages of the inauguration of the APC campaign council which took place in Benin City the day before. For some reason, I decided to delete it and keep my emotions in check. I still have […]
Nigeria’s Tinubu asks Senate to approve $8.6b loan bid
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve an $8.6 billion loan request, which will raise the West African country’s external loans to $51.8 billion. On Tuesday, the president said that the funds, which will cover 2022-2024, will be used to finance critical infrastructure such as roads, water facilities, railway, electricity, and healthcare […]
Nigeria: Student Loan Scheme Will Thrive On Equity, Inclusiveness – Tinubu
President Tinubu expressed his determination to ensure the success of NELFUND and the fulfilment of the dream of higher education by indigent Nigerian students. President Bola Tinubu says the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) will thrive on fairness and equity and promote inclusiveness by removing the financial barrier to higher education for Nigerian students. The […]
N70,000 minimum wage: How Tinubu convinced labour leaders
By Salif AtojokoPresident Bola Tinubu on Thursday increased the Federal Government’s offer on the national minimum wage from N62,000 to N70,000, with an assurance that it will be reviewed after three years, instead of five years. Tinubu said he had to intervene in the negotiations, knowing the economic challenges faced by many Nigerians, and the […]
Tinubu signs Students Loan Bill into law
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja signed the Students Loan Bill into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students loan is part of the implementation of the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023. The Act, popularly known as the Students Loan Bill seeks to provide loans for indigent Nigerian students […]
What you need to know about the not-so-new national anthem, “Nigeria We Hail Thee”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law the National Anthem Bill 2024, which reverses the country’s national anthem to the original “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this change during a joint session of the National Assembly, which celebrated the Silver Jubilee of Nigeria’s 4th Republic. President Tinubu later joined the session, confirming […]
